Rauschenberg
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2028
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Seared scallops, roasted chicken with cream sauce, aged Comté cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
The Taittinger Collection was conceived in the late 1970s by Claude Taittinger, who sought to marry the vision of contemporary artists with the craft of fine Champagne. For the 1986 vintage, released in 1992, the house collaborated with legendary American artist Robert Rauschenberg. Rauschenberg wrapped the bottle in a striking, collage-like design featuring his signature photographic transfers and expressive, fluid motifs. Inside this artistic vessel is a prestigious vintage Champagne, crafted from an equal blend of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir sourced from Grand and Premier Cru vineyards. Aged for several years in Taittinger's historic Gallo-Roman chalk cellars, this cuvée offers a complex sensory experience marked by toasted brioche, ripe stone fruits, and a precise, mineral-driven finish.
🍾 About the Producer
Tracing its viticultural lineage to 1734 through the historic house of Forest-Fourneaux, Champagne Taittinger was formally inaugurated under the family name in the 1930s by Pierre Taittinger after acquiring the Château de la Marquetterie. Today, the maison remains an independent, family-led enterprise directed by Vitalie Taittinger with cellar master Alexandre Ponnavoy. Taittinger manages approximately 288 hectares of sustainably farmed vineyards, certified under Haute Valeur Environnementale (HVE) and Viticulture Durable en Champagne (VDC), spanning premier terroirs across the Côte des Blancs, Montagne de Reims, and the Marne Valley. Here, pure Cretaceous chalk soils, gentle slopes, and a marginal semi-continental climate impart hallmark tension and refined minerality. Taittinger's winemaking philosophy champions a distinctively high proportion of Chardonnay, yielding cuvées of crystalline precision, airy floral lift, and structural grace. Prolonged aging takes place inside subterranean 4th-century Gallo-Roman chalk crayères beneath the historic Saint-Nicaise abbey ruins, culminating in iconic prestige expressions like the 100% Grand Cru Chardonnay Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs.
🍇 Grapes
Chardonnay 50%, Pinot Noir 50%
🍷 ABV
12%